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New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
New Jersey
Personal Finance
Public Safety
NJ Spotlight

Why is N.J.’s public pension system still invested in the gun industry?

Following last year’s mass shooting at a Florida high school, some state lawmakers sought to ban pension-plan investments in gunmakers, but their bill went nowhere.

7 years ago

(Rachel Wisniewski/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Home & Family
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

What’s the bare-minimum a Pa. household of four needs to survive? Try nearly $60,000 a year

To survive in Pennsylvania, a family of four needs to make $59,340 a year — a hard-to-fathom, sticker-shock number that shows how expensive life has become.

7 years ago

NPR
International
Politics

Get ready for higher prices if new tariffs hit goods from China, retailers warn

Retailers predict rising prices if Trump goes through with his threat to add new tariffs to Chinese imports. Meanwhile, the White House announced a deal to boost beef exports.

7 years ago

A coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun.
Radio Times
Energy
Environment

Environmental protections on the line

The Trump administration has targeted 80 plus environmental regulations involving air and water pollution, drilling, toxic chemicals, and protecting land and wildlife.

Air Date: July 31, 2019 10:00 am

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Pennsylvania Turnpike
Pennsylvania
Transportation
PA Post

V-tolls: What they are and why you might be paying them if you travel the Pa. Turnpike

Mysterious charges appeared on E-ZPass statements of Pennsylvania Turnpike customers at least 350,000 times over the course of a year.

7 years ago

People listen as the New Jersey Assembly considers and votes on a half-dozen gun control bills Monday, March 26, 2018, in the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J.
Business
New Jersey
Politics

Companies bristle as New Jersey issues tax breaks more slowly

New Jersey is clamping down on tax break recipients, making sure companies are creating the promised number of jobs before it sends out their yearly credits.

7 years ago

Developments on the Camden waterfront, like the American Water corporate headquarters and the 18-story Camden Tower, receive substantial local tax breaks in addition to state tax incentives. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Business
New Jersey
Taxes

Camden rising? As deficit grows, new businesses won’t pay full property taxes for 20 years

Camden’s budget deficit could get worse despite a corporate-office building boom. Many companies won’t pay full property taxes for 20 years.

7 years ago

Listen 4:25
As charities face new challenges due to the immigration crisis at the U.S. - Mexico border, some local Catholic Charities affiliates report a drop in donations. (Gregory Bull/AP Photo)
Religion

Catholic charities tested by abuse scandals, border crisis

Several local Catholic Charities affiliates report a drop in donations linked at least in part to the scandals.

7 years ago

Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Business
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Three Mile Island Unit 2, site of nation’s worst nuclear accident, to be sold, dismantled

A Salt Lake City-based company is in talks to purchase and dismantle Three Mile Island’s long-mothballed Unit 2 reactor — the site of the nation’s worst nuclear accident.

7 years ago

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia (Google maps)
Business
Health Care
Philadelphia

As Hahnemann empties out, owner seeks bids for St. Christopher’s

Hahnemann University Hospital is making progress with its closure plans. Its owner was in U.S. Bankruptcy Court Friday setting bid procedures to sell St. Christopher’s.

7 years ago

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In this Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, photo, job seekers wait in line at a job fair (Alan Diaz/AP Photo)
Business
Law
New Jersey

New Jersey bans employers from requiring salary history from applicants

People seeking jobs in New Jersey will no longer be required to divulge their salary history during the application process.

7 years ago

With a mobile phone, Kenyans can send and receive money via a service called M-PESA. Now Facebook is entering the digital currency realm. The social media giant has helped develop a digital currency called Libra that plans to launch in 2020. (Nichole Sobecki for NPR)
NPR
Income Inequality
International
Technology

Does Facebook need a humanitarian partner for its new digital currency?

Libra, according to its website, wants to "reinvent" money by making a financial transaction as cheap and simple as "sending a text message or sharing a photo."

7 years ago

The retailer is rebranding itself with smaller stores and a focus on events and activities. (Toys
NPR
Business

Toys R Us is coming back but with a different approach

More than a year after filing for bankruptcy, the chain is relaunching in Texas and New Jersey. Its new stores will feature spaces for toy demonstrations and events.

7 years ago

A tasting event at Birchtree Catering's space at Globe Dye Works (Facebook / Love Me Do Photography)
Business
Economic Development
Income Inequality
Broke in Philly

How can established small businesses — not startups — get access to capital?

It’s never easy to fund the hustle.

7 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf holding up the signed 2019-20 budget. The Commonwealth Foundation says it contains $61 million in earmarks. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics

Earmarks? WAMs? Conservative group says by any name, they must go.

A conservative think tank is renewing one of its annual traditions: calling out state lawmakers for stashing money in the budget for municipal projects.

7 years ago

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